OUTLINE FORM TO FIX HABITS OF ORGANIZATION

(15^th Step: Title - Short, striking)

(1^st Step: State your general purpose: to inform, to persuade, etc.)

(2^nd Step: Choose a general subject.)

(3^rd Step: State the specific purpose.)

(4^th Step: State the specific purpose as a central idea.)

INTRODUCTION

(13^th Step: Establish friendly contact with the audience.)

I.

(14^th Step: Arouse interest in the subject. This may be connected with the 1^st step.)

II.

(5^th Step: State the central idea and partition it into its main points.)

III.

A.

B.

C.

BODY

(6^th Step: State the first main point which supports the central idea.)

I.

(7^th Step: Choose subpoints which support the first main point - List under A and B.)

A.

(8^th Step: Give statistics, illustrations, testimony, etc. which support sub points A and B.)

1.

2.

B.

1.

2.

(9^th Step: Restate the first Main point and connect it to the second point.)

(10^th Step: Develope the second main point, subject, and supporting materials as you did for the first main point.)

II.

A.

1.

B.

1.

2.

(11^th Step: Restate the first and second main points and relate them to the third main point.)

(12^th Step: Develop the third main idea as in I and II.)

III.

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